I have to admit I was more than a bit shocked to see that Bezos co-led this round. Unless he's really hoping that since it's one of the most visible sites using AWS he really wants to see it succeed?
>doesn't it seem strange to be throwing lots of money behind a revenue-starved communication network based on casual, fleeting text exchanges between a tiny population of heavy Web users?
That population is going to do nothing but grow as broadband and smartphones become ubiquitous.
Is anyone else trying to bridge the gap between sms and the internet the way twitter is? I can't help but think Bezos sees twitter as an infrastructure service and not a micro-blogging service.
Yes, but not Valley hipsters so no one pays attention. SMS isn't even a big part of Twitter--most of their traffic goes through the API.